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After Copenhagen: Response to climate change discussed at conference

Fri, April 9, 2010 • LBJ School, Bass Lecture Hall

This conference seeks to bridge science, public understanding and political action on climate change adaptation and mitigation with the goal of identifying and evaluating public policy options for effective and timely action on climate related threats and opportunities. Panel topics will include: climate modeling, impacts on ecological systems, implications for law and policy, and upcoming interdisciplinary funding opportunities in climate change research.

The first Biennial Texas-Alberta Global Climate Forum includes a two-day research symposium conference on current implications for climate adaptation for water resources management, with a particular focus how current computer-assisted dispute resolution mechanisms that can be used to facilitate cooperative community responses to climate change risks, and a half-day symposium on education for a low carbon society.